Family Pension: The biggest change in pension rules… a unique announcement

Tamil Nadu: Family pension is paid after the death of the pensioner. A daughter who is already in the family cannot be included in the list of family wage earners. Only the wife was likely to be included in the family. It has been announced that from now on daughter’s name can also be added to this list.

DoP&PW has clarified that under the new Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 2021, a person should submit family details including the name of spouse, children, parents and disabled siblings while joining pensionable government service and before retirement. These details have to be submitted to the head of the office in Form 4. Till this time the daughter’s name cannot be included in it. According to the new rule amendment, it has been announced that from now on the daughter’s name can also be included in this list. The rule that the daughter will not be allowed to take pension directly will continue as usual. After the death of the pensioner.. she will be selected as eligible to receive it.

Benson: Meanwhile, the central government has ordered that the demands and applications made by central government employees regarding Benson be examined immediately and a solution be announced.

To address this issue, the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (Cost Consolidation Wing) of the Ministry of Finance has directed the officials to strictly follow the time limit specified in the CCS (Pension) Rules, 2021. The new procedures came into effect from yesterday. This means that these applications have been ordered to be examined and action taken within the time limit prescribed in the government rules.

1. Verification of service records and other preliminary work should be started one year before the retirement of the central government employee.
2. The central government employee should submit the required form to the head of the office six months before retirement.
3. The head of the office should send the pension details to the Pension Accounting Offices (PAO) four months before retirement.
4. Then the Pension Accounting Offices should issue Pension Payment Order (PPO).
5. One month before retirement, the Central Pension Accounting Office (CPAO) should send details of how much pension will be paid, how it will be paid and on what date. A circular in this regard has also been ordered to be sent to central government offices across the country.

Central government employees retiring in the year 2024-25 will have to submit the following details to claim pension.

1. Name of pensioner
2. Date of retirement
3. Date of submission of documents by the pensioner to the head of the office (six months before retirement)
4. Date of submission of pension case to the pension accounting offices by the head of the office (4 months before)
5. Checking of pension by the Pension Accounting Office and forwarding it to the Central Pension Accounting Office (to be completed one month before the date of retirement)

Pension reform: It is expected that 97,640 PF (Provident Fund) members and pensioners across the country will get pension.